Endoscopes

DETAILED DESCRIPTION To achieve this and other objects, the invention accordingly consists in an endoscope having a hollow shaft to receive a flexible forceps, probe of the like passed therethrough with the distal end of said forceps or the like projecting from said shaft, and means for pivotally displacing said distal end of said forceps probe or the like wherein two rods pass through said shaft parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof and are joined together into a U-shape at their distal end said distal end of said rods being bent over at an angle away from said axis of said shaft to bear against said end of said forceps distally projecting from said endoscope shaft when in position, said rods being connected to a slider in the proximal end of said endoscope shaft, said slider being displaceable parallel to said longitudinal axis of said shaft towards the proximal end against a spring by means of an external handle.